Team USA's roster for the World Baseball Classic includes 13 hitters and 15 pitchers. Among the participants: Jimmy Rollins, Adam Jones, Ryan Braun, R.A. Dickey and David Wright. Joe Torre will manage the squad, which will open March 8 vs. Mexico.

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Joe Mauer

The Twins' Mauer will start at catcher for Team USA. He is a Twin Cities native from St. Paul, Minn.

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Gonzalez adjusted extremely well to the National League last year after being acquired by the Nationals in a trade with the Oakland A's. The Miami product, who led the majors with 21 wins, finished third to Dickey and Clayton Kershaw in NL Cy Young Award voting.